by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Wake Forest University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Wake Forest University competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Wake Forest University men’s basketball team fields 17 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. Academic data covers 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Wake Forest University women’s basketball team fields 22 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 56. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Wake Forest University fields 39 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 22 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports Wake Forest University sponsors, basketball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Steve Forbes.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Megan Gebbia.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Wake Forest University men’s basketball program brought in $13,055,099 in revenue against $13,055,099 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $129,617 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,203,488 per team.
The Wake Forest University women’s basketball program reported $4,702,870 in revenue against $4,702,870 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $55,786 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,227,281 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $13,055,099 to the women’s $4,702,870 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 15% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 965 (959 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%. The program kept 93% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 965 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 80% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, basketball lands below the pack at 982.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.